Munshi abdullah biography
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Abdullah Abdul Kadir
Malay author, translator and teacher (1796-1854)
Abdullah bin Abdul al Kadir (1796–1854)[1] (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد القادر'Abd Allāh bin 'Abd al-Qādir) also known as Munshi Abdullah[a], was a Malayan writer.
Munshi abdullah biography
He was a famous Malacca-born munshi of Singapore[2] and died in Jeddah, a part of the Ottoman Empire.
Munshi Abdullah followed his father's career path as a translator and teacher of colonial officials in the Malay Archipelago, mainly the British and the Dutch.
Munshi Abdullah has been popularly regarded as among the most cultured Malays who ever wrote,[2] one of the greatest innovators in Malay letters[3] and the father of modern Malay literature.[4]
Life
Munshi Abdullah was born in Kampung Pali (now renamed as Kampung Ketek) in Malacca City, from parents of Tamil and Yemeni descent.[1] He was the youngest of five sons.
All of his brothers died in infancy.[5]